[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#636479: Bug#636479: xfdesktop4: invoking context menu on desktop icons takes several seconds

Milo marco.sting at gmail.com
Wed Aug 3 12:32:14 UTC 2011


Hi, I can confirm the problem, I have the same issue and I report a similar
bug [1] (involving xfce4-appfinder too) sometime ago.

Best Regards

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633445

Marco Milone

2011/8/3 Ibragimov Rinat <ibragimovrinat at mail.ru>

> Subject: xfdesktop4: invoking context menu on desktop icons takes several
> seconds
> Package: xfdesktop4
> Version: 4.8.2-1
> Severity: minor
>
> Invoking context menu (usually with right mouse button) takes
> several seconds. I noticed that before menu opens some disk
> activity occur. I've ran `strace -e open' on xfdesktop and found
> about 292 open syscalls every time! 56 of them were creating new
> files with names like '/tmp/gdkpixbuf-xpm-tmp.YMNKZV'. And these
> files read on every menu display. I suppose it's related to
> application submenu that contains every software launcher
> installed.
>
> Such delays are very annoying.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: wheezy/sid
>  APT prefers testing
>  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.39.3-cd (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=ru_RU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages xfdesktop4 depends on:
> ii  exo-utils                     0.6.2-1    Utility files for libexo
> ii  libc6                         2.13-10    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared
> lib
> ii  libcairo2                     1.10.2-6   The Cairo 2D vector graphics
> libra
> ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.4.12-5   simple interprocess messaging
> syst
> ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.94-4     simple interprocess messaging
> syst
> ii  libexo-1-0                    0.6.2-1    Library with extensions for
> Xfce
> ii  libgarcon-1-0                 0.1.8-1    freedesktop.org compliant
> menu imp
> ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0            2.23.5-2   GDK Pixbuf library
> ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.28.6-1   The GLib library of C routines
> ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.24.4-3   The GTK+ graphical user
> interface
> ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.5.0-2    sends desktop notifications to
> a n
> ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.28.4-1   Layout and rendering of
> internatio
> ii  libthunarx-2-0                1.2.2-1    extension library for thunar
> ii  libwnck22                     2.30.4-3   Window Navigator Construction
> Kit
> ii  libx11-6                      2:1.4.3-2  X11 client-side library
> ii  libxfce4ui-1-0                4.8.0-3    widget library for Xfce
> ii  libxfce4util4                 4.8.1-3    Utility functions library for
> Xfce
> ii  libxfconf-0-2                 4.8.0-3    Client library for Xfce4
> configure
> ii  xfdesktop4-data               4.8.2-1    xfce desktop background, icons
> and
>
> Versions of packages xfdesktop4 recommends:
> ii  dbus-x11                      1.4.12-5   simple interprocess messaging
> syst
> ii  librsvg2-common               2.34.0-1   SAX-based renderer library for
> SVG
> ii  xdg-user-dirs                 0.13-2     tool to manage well known user
> dir
> ii  xfce4-utils                   4.8.2-2    Various tools for Xfce
>
> Versions of packages xfdesktop4 suggests:
> ii  menu                          2.1.45     generates programs menu for
> all me
>
> -- debconf-show failed
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